Courtesy: gobearcats.com
CINCINNATI – The University of Cincinnati Department of Athletics is enjoying another record-breaking season ticket sales pace that has surpassed the 20,000 mark for the first time ever, setting the stage for a possible preseason sellout of available season tickets for Bearcats Football this fall.
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Cincinnati has established program attendance standards over the last four seasons. The Bearcats drew a total of 181,477 fans in 2007 before setting back-to-back regular season average records with program-best 191,788 and 203,741 clips in 2008 and 2009, respectively. The increases have been a reflection of season ticket success at the box office in the last four years and have shown a growth from the 2009 season until the 2010 season of 17%, another UC record.
“It’s truly impressive how the Cincinnati area has embraced our football program” says Director of Athletics Mike Thomas. “The atmosphere around Bearcats Football is outstanding and our fans are a big reason why we have won back to back BIG EAST Championships. I cannot wait to feel the pulse of the crowd when we open the home part of the 2010 season on September 11.”
UC has enjoyed sell-out crowds in eight of the last 18 regular season contests over the last three years and has logged 9 of the top 10 crowds in school history since a crowd of 35,097 saw the Bearcats defeat Marshall on September 22, 2007. That game saw an overflow mass of fans gather in the area immediately south of the stadium to watch the game, with some patrons actually climbing trees to see the action between the Bearcats and Thundering Herd.
With a little over two months to go until its opener against Indiana State on Saturday, Sept. 11, UC is currently 4,300 season ticket sales ahead of its 2009 rate according to year-to-date comparisons. The goal is for the 2010 season to be SOLD OUT by the home opener, save for tickets that must be held back for BIG EAST opponents and other non-conference teams per contract.
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